pêcher
See also pécher
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *piscare, from Latin piscārī, present active infinitive of piscor, from piscis (“a fish”).
Verb
pêcher
- to fish
Conjugation
Conjugation of pêcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pêcher | avoir pêché | |||||
| gerund | en pêchant | en ayant pêché | |||||
| present participle | pêchant | ||||||
| past participle | pêché | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pêche | pêches | pêche | pêchons | pêchez | pêchent |
| imperfect | pêchais | pêchais | pêchait | pêchions | pêchiez | pêchaient | |
| past historic1 | pêchai | pêchas | pêcha | pêchâmes | pêchâtes | pêchèrent | |
| future | pêcherai | pêcheras | pêchera | pêcherons | pêcherez | pêcheront | |
| conditional | pêcherais | pêcherais | pêcherait | pêcherions | pêcheriez | pêcheraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pêche | pêches | pêche | pêchions | pêchiez | pêchent |
| imperfect1 | pêchasse | pêchasses | pêchât | pêchassions | pêchassiez | pêchassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | pêche | — | pêchons | pêchez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
pêcher m (plural pêchers)